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Cisco and AWS launch Kubernetes-powered hybrid cloud solution

Ciscohas announced a new hybrid cloud platform that will make it easier for enterprises to run new containerized applications across all environments. The new platform will be powered by Kubernetes, and has been built for Amazon Web Services (AWS).

Called Cisco Hybrid Solution for Kubernetes on AWS, the new solution integrates Cisco’s networking, security, management and monitoring software with AWS’ cloud services.

It configures on-premises Kubernetes environments to be consistent with Amazon Elastic Container Service for Kubernetes (EKS), the companies said. The Amazon EKS is a managed Kubernetes service for managing software containers, which became generally available in June this year.

Today, applications have become the lifeblood for enterprises. Hence, enterprises are looking to develop and deploy applications across public and private clouds, without any obstruction. If they build the applications easily, get them up and run quickly, if can provide huge competitive advantage.

Cisco Hybrid Solution for Kubernetes on AWS aims to allow developers deploy and manage containerized applications more easily across on-premises and the AWS cloud. It will allow them focus on building and using applications, speed up innovation and reduce time to market.

“Today, most customers are forced to choose between developing applications on-premises or in the cloud. This can create a complex mix of environments, technologies, teams and vendors. But they shouldn’t have to make a choice,” said Kip Compton, senior vice president, Cloud Platform and Solutions at Cisco.

“Now, developers can use existing investments to build new cloud-scale applications that fuel business innovation. This makes it easier to deploy and manage hybrid applications, no matter where they run. This allows customers to get the best out of both cloud and their on-premises environments with a single solution.”

The new solution will come with a common set of tools for on-premises and AWS, which will simplify the management of on-premises Kubernetes infrastructure. It will help IT operations team to reduce complexity and costs.

Cisco Hybrid Solution for Kubernetes on AWS will also enable containerized applications to work with existing resources and production environments. This provides another advantage to both developers and IT operation teams.

“Our customers want solutions that are designed for the cloud and Cisco’s integration with Amazon EKS will make it easier for them to rapidly deploy and run containerized applications across both Cisco-based on-premises environments and the AWS cloud.”

The new solution is expected to be available in December 2018. Cisco will provide the solution as a software solution requiring only Cisco Container Platform, or as hardware/software solution with Cisco Container Platform running on Cisco HyperFlex.

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